- Milton Halt railway station
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Milton Halt Station site in 1991. Location Place Milton Area Cherwell Grid reference SP452352 Operations Original company Great Western Railway Pre-grouping Great Western Railway Post-grouping Great Western Railway
Western Region of British RailwaysPlatforms 1 History 1 January 1908 Station opens 4 June 1951 Station closes Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–ZMilton Halt railway station served the village of Milton in northern Oxfordshire, England.
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History
The station was built by the Great Western Railway. It opened to passengers on 1 January 1908 (Jenkins[1] gives the date as 1 January 1906 but the Board of Trade plan on the same page is dated 14 November 1907 suggesting that the 1908 date given by other sources is correct). The Halt had a 120-foot-long (37 m) wooden platform and "pagoda" shelter. There was also a small corrugated iron shed, identified as "office" on the 1907 Board of Trade plan,[2] with the area between the two buildings identified as "space for milk churns". Although no goods facilities were provided, milk traffic was important and as soon as the halt opened two farmers paid £5 a year each for milk carriage.[3]
The halt was located on an embankment and approached by a cinder path from the road below. It was unstaffed and the guards of the first and last trains of the day would light and extinguish the oil lamps. Milton Halt came under the control of the Bloxham stationmaster and a porter from Bloxham would visit occasionally to re-fuel the lamps.
When Britain's railways were nationalised in 1948 the B&CDR became part of the Western Region of British Railways, which then closed the line through Milton to passengers in 1951.
Route
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Adderbury
Line and station closedGreat Western Railway
Banbury and Cheltenham Direct RailwayBloxham
Line and station closedNotes
- ^ Jenkins 2004, p.304.
- ^ Jenkins 2004, p.304.
- ^ Hemmings Vol.1, p.158.
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
- Hemmings, William (2004). The Banbury & Cheltenham Railway Volume One. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1 874103 88 7.
- Hemmings, William (2004). The Banbury & Cheltenham Railway Volume Two. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1 874103 89 5.
- Jenkins, Stanley; Bob Brown, Neil Parkhouse (2004). The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway. Lydney: Lightmoor Press. ISBN 1 899889 15 9.
Coordinates: 52°00′51″N 1°20′27″W / 52.01403°N 1.34095°W
Closed railway stations in Oxfordshire Great Western Main Line Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway Cherwell Valley Line Abingdon Junction · Abingdon Road Halt · Bletchington · Fritwell & Somerton · Hinksey Halt · Kidlington · Wolvercot PlatformWitney Railway; East Gloucestershire Railway Alvescot · Brize Norton and Bampton · Carterton · Cassington Halt · Eynsham · Kelmscott and Langford · South Leigh · Witney · Witney (goods) · YarntonWycombe Railway Horspath Halt · Iffley Halt · Littlemore · Morris Cowley · Thame · Tiddington · Towersey Halt · WheatleyWatlington and Princes Risborough Railway Aston Rowant · Chinnor · Kingston Crossing Halt · Lewknor Bridge Halt · Wainhill Crossing Halt · WatlingtonChiltern Main Line Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Great Central Main Line Varsity Line Banbury to Verney Junction Branch Line Blenheim and Woodstock Branch Line Blenheim and Woodstock · Shipton-on-Cherwell HaltShort branches Categories:- Disused railway stations in Oxfordshire
- Former Great Western Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1908
- Railway stations closed in 1951
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